Li Hong responded perfunctorily to Pei Wanying's words, looking around and nodding in agreement. As for whether he took Pei Wanying's words to heart, Li Hong himself didn't know.
Seeing that the flower shop that can accommodate 200 to 300 people is actually full, and there are groups of scholars at the door, standing outside and looking inside from a distance, it is even possible that the flower shop does not want to be seen. , go to that one over there.
To put it bluntly, the Poetry Club is a place for drinking and having fun, and only when the literati come up, they may be able to write and write. Now these people are still in the warm-up stage, waiting for the ladies on the stage to raise their emotions.
Four more scholars came to Li Hong's table, three men and one woman. After a few people nodded and said hello, they began to watch the performance on the stage.
I don’t know whether it was because Li Hong was too fierce and fierce, or because he had been in a high position for a long time, and he had an aura that kept strangers away. No one of the three men and one woman who came came dared to sit side by side with him, so Li Hong just enjoyed the sitting alone. Pei Wanying and Pei Si sat on his left side together.
Looking around the entire hall with curiosity, Li Hong found that except for literati, there were no dignitaries, princes or nobles coming. Why is there no one I know
"Aren't there any dignitaries, princes or nobles coming to participate in this poetry meeting?" Li Hong looked at Pei Wanying curiously and asked.
"Why not? It's just that they haven't come out yet. When they show up, it will be when Du Zhi comes to power. They need to be invited by Du Zhi, so naturally they won't show up now." Pei Wanying explained to Li Hong road.
Prostitutes in this era were also divided into three, six or nine grades. The first-class beauties mainly received dignitaries, celebrities and elegant people. Middle-class beauties are the playthings of wealthy businessmen and small and medium-sized officials. The lower class are those who, regardless of status, can have fun as long as they are given money.
This third class, at least, cannot be found in these four flower shops, but if there are only two classes, wouldn't the four major flower shops make the business smaller
Therefore, the best of the best is naturally extended, and these beauties need to have more talents than the top beauties, and have more beautiful faces and figures. Internally, naturally, they must be able to He can recite poems and write poems, can speak and sing, play music, play chess, calligraphy and painting, and is even knowledgeable about the past and present.
And if you have such a beauty, you will become the signature of each flower shop. As for the four major flower shops, they can achieve the leading position in the flower shop, naturally because they have such a flower in their hands, which is recognized by the literati as the best. The first-class beauty in the palace is called "all known" by everyone.
Li Hong nodded thoughtfully and heard the scholar next to him lamenting the singing on the stage: "If I can find a confidante like Brother Zheng, this life will be enough."
When he said this, the scholar smiled at Pei Wanying, obviously wanting to express his favor to Pei Wanying through the deeds of Li Yaxian and Zheng Yuanhe.
"Hey, hey, look ahead, why are you looking over here? The person you want to find is on the stage." Li Hong rapped his fingers on the table to warn the scholar.
"You... you are such a disgraceful person..." The scholar looked at Li Hong's threatening eyes and couldn't help but feel a sense of awe in his heart. After talking for a long time, he said that he was disgraceful, and then just as Li Hong said, he turned around and started to look at the stage. superior.
Pei Wanying couldn't help but smile when she saw Li Hong's appearance, pulled down his sleeves, and whispered: "This is not like a military camp. Scholars need to be disciplined and not threaten or scare people like that."
Pei Wanying knew that Li Hong was born in the army. Although he was talented, he was still a member of the army. She did not deal with these scholars and scholars all year round, fearing that he would act impulsively and show the temper of a soldier and conflict with others.
"This...I know this, but I just can't bear to talk about a story, as if there are no other stories except this one." Li Hong shook his head dissatisfied and looked at Pei Wanying.
"In that case, this young master has a more exciting story than the story of Mrs. Li Yaxian and Zheng Yuanhe?" The scholar sitting opposite glanced at their classmates in the poetry club, and Li Hong choked and looked towards the stage, hearing Li Hong couldn't help but ask.
Li Hongxie ignored the scholar at first glance. At first glance, this kind of person looked like the kind of master who just watched the excitement and didn't take it too seriously. He only made noise regardless of good or bad, so he didn't even bother to say anything perfunctory.
"Then let me tell you a story. I guarantee it will be more exciting than this story about Li Yaxian and Zheng!" Li Hong took a sip of tea with a smile. Yang Wuzhi frowned next to him. Logically speaking, these need to be tested by himself. Only then can His Royal Highness drink.
The scholar hit a soft spot and saw that Li Hong didn't pay attention to him at all. He was stunned for a moment, his face began to turn red, and he held it in for a long time and said: "It's insulting to be polite, huh." After dyeing, he turned his head. He also followed his classmates and started to look towards the stage.
Pei Wanying seemed to know Li Hong's temper. She smiled helplessly. After watching the scholar turn his head angrily, she asked Li Hong, who was blinking at her, "Really? What's the story? Can you tell me?"
Pei Wanying's eyes lit up. As a woman who has not yet left the court, she would be lying if she said she did not yearn for her own love. Therefore, the love affair between a prostitute and a scholar can be regarded as catering to people's yearning for love stories in this period.
At this moment, when I heard Li Hong say that there was a more exciting story than this one, it was like the woman in her previous life who had found a better romantic TV series. Her eyes were shining with excitement, and her heart was filled with excited expectations.
"That's natural, it can only be more exciting and pleasant than this story." Li Hong took another sip of tea and looked at Pei Wanying's excited eyes. He felt that he could be a storyteller, so as to make Pei Wanying admire him even more.
But he didn't know that since he recited the song "Joining the Army" in Lantian, and later made a promise to Sun Simiao, plus his ability to cure smallpox, his image in Pei Wanying's heart has become taller, and even has a A little reverence is at work.
Otherwise, Pei Wanying would not have met him for the first time today, so she would have given him the distinguished invitation without any doubt, and then after entering the poetry meeting, she would have helped him resolve the embarrassment again. At this moment, she began to fear that he would offend those scholars. He began to tell him some experiences in the interactions between literati and poets.
At this time, the stage was also replaced by a woman's dance. Her light body was matched with graceful movements. Her small steps seemed to be without touching the ground, flying around the stage, showing off her graceful figure to the fullest.
"What's that story?" Pei Wanying asked quietly.
She is not like Li Hong, who has no rules at all. At least she knows to keep her voice quiet and show respect for the women on the stage. She cannot make loud noises just because others are performing hard while she is below.
"Want to hear it? Then I'll tell you?" Li Hong looked at Pei Wanying and asked.
Pei Wanying looked at Li Hong with gentle eyes, and the two dimples on her cheeks reappeared as if they were gifts to Li Hong, which made Li Hong's heart flutter.
"According to legend, a long, long, long time ago... when a scholar went up the mountain to collect medicine, he met an injured little snake, so the scholar rescued the snake and released it back into the forest. And the little snake wanted to repay his life-saving efforts. Well, after practicing for thousands of years, he was finally able to transform into a human being. He went down the mountain to find his savior. On the way, he also met another practicing green snake spirit named Xiaoqing, so the two of them went together... Oh, yes, to Yuhang County. Looking for his savior to repay his kindness, he happened to meet his savior Xu Xian while playing in the West Lake in Yuhang County. The two of them took shelter from the rain and fell in love at first sight. " Li Hong watched Pei Wanying blinking and listened to his story attentively. A kind of storyteller impulse with whiskers and slaps on the table.
"Then, the two got married. After the marriage, monk Fahai from Jinshan Temple met Xu Xian and told him that his wife, Bai Suzhen, was a thousand-year-old snake demon... Later, during the Dragon Boat Festival, Xu Xian, in order to test whether his wife was a snake demon, So he secretly prepared wine with realgar for Bai Suzhen to drink..." Li Hong glanced at Pei Wanying, who was attentive, and found that not only Pei Wanying and Pei Si were listening, but also several scholars at the table were also listening with their ears pricked up. listen.
Li Hong deliberately kept silent. He didn't want to wait for Pei Wanying to urge him. The scholar next to him couldn't help but urge: "What's next? Tell me quickly! How can anyone stop telling a story halfway through? "
"I'm not telling it to you, okay? I'm telling it to these two beauties. Isn't it good for you to watch those performances?" Li Hong looked at the scholar with a small heart and said.
Pei Wanying on the side looked at Li Hong's child-like temper and couldn't help but snicker. This man is really interesting. He is so vindictive. He just smiled at her and he was not happy.
Thinking of this, Pei Wanying suddenly blushed. She was like this. If she thought like this just now, didn't she think there was something wrong between herself and him
After Li Hong refuted the scholar, he looked back at Pei Wanying again, and saw that Pei Wanying's beautiful cheeks were suddenly filled with blush. Looking at that charming and beautiful face, he couldn't help but look a little crazy, especially Those attractive dimples seemed to be glowing at the moment, making him want to kiss them.
"What are you looking at? Tell your story." Pei Wanying noticed that Li Hong was looking at her dreamily, lowered her head shyly, and said coquettishly.
Interesting, interesting, this girl is probably in love with spring, right? Could it be that listening to the Legend of White Snake can make you yearn for spring? If I had known that I should have told stories and recited some poems in Taiyi City.
"Are you still going to tell me? Why are you looking at this beautiful lady stupidly?" Another woman was obviously very moved by what she heard. She saw Li Hong just looking at Pei Wanying stupidly without saying anything, so she urged.
When Pei Wanying heard that the woman said that Li Hong was still looking at her, she was even more embarrassed to raise her head. However, when the woman spoke, she rolled her eyes at Li Hong, lowered her head again, and picked up the tea cup to cover up her shame. meaning.
(End of chapter)